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DD_WeddingTrivia.sTitle = "Daily Diversion: Wedding trivia";
DD_WeddingTrivia.appDeck = "<font size=3 color=#000000><b>Wedding trivia</b></font><p>Marriage cermonies are full of tradition. But why do women wear something old, new and blue and do pearl rings bring bad luck? The Knot.com answers those questions and more.";
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DD_WeddingTrivia[i-1].body = "<ul><li>According to Greek culture, brides should tuck a sugar cube into their glove to sweeten their union.<br><li>The English believe a spider found in a wedding dress means good luck. <br><li>In English tradition, Wednesday is considered the \"best day\" to marry, although Monday is for wealth and Tuesday is for health.<br><li>The groom carries the bride across the threshold to bravely protect her from evil spirits lurking below.<br><li>Saturday is the unluckiest wedding day, according to English folklore.<br><li>Ancient Romans studied pig entrails to determine the luckiest time to marry.<br><li>Rain on your wedding day is actually considered good luck, according to Hindu tradition.<br><li>For good luck, Egyptian women pinch the bride on her wedding day. <li>Middle Eastern brides paint henna on their hands and feet to protect themselves from the evil eye.<br><li>Peas are thrown at Czech newlyweds instead of rice.<br><li>A Swedish bride puts a silver coin from her father and a gold coin from her mother in each shoe to ensure that she'll never do without.<br><li>A Finnish bride traditionally went door-to-door collecting gifts in a pillowcase, accompanied by an older married man who represented long marriage.<br><li>Moroccan women take a milk bath to purify themselves before their wedding ceremony.<br><li>In Holland, a pine tree is planted outside the newlyweds' home as a symbol of fertility and luck.";

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DD_WeddingTrivia[i-1].body = "<ul><li>Engagement and wedding rings are worn on the fourth finger of the left hand because it was once thought that a vein in that finger led directly to the heart.<br><li>About 70 percent of all brides sport the traditional diamond on the fourth finger of their left hand.<br><li>Diamonds set in gold or silver became popular as betrothal rings among wealthy Venetians toward the end of the fifteenth century.<br><li>In the symbolic language of jewels, a sapphire in a wedding ring means marital happiness.<br><li>A pearl engagement ring is said to be bad luck because its shape echoes that of a tear. <br><li>One of history's earliest engagement rings was given to Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII. She was two years old at the time.<br><li>Seventeen tons of gold are made into wedding rings each year in the United States.<br><li>Snake rings dotted with ruby eyes were popular wedding bands in Victorian England -- the coils winding into a circle symbolized eternity.<br><li>Aquamarine represents marital harmony and is said to ensure a long, happy marriage.";

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DD_WeddingTrivia[i-1].body = "<ul><li>Queen Victoria started the Western world's white wedding dress trend in 1840 -- before then, brides simply wore their best dress.<br><li>Ancient Greeks and Romans thought the veil protected the bride from evil spirits.<br><li>On her wedding day, Grace Kelly wore a dress with a bodice made from beautiful 125-year-old lace. <br><li>In Japan, white was always the color of choice for bridal ensembles -- long before Queen Victoria popularized it in the Western world.<br><li>Brides carry or wear \"something old\" on their wedding day to symbolize continuity with the past.<br><li>In Denmark, brides and grooms traditionally cross-dressed to confuse evil spirits.<br><li> The \"something blue\" in a bridal ensemble symbolizes purity, fidelity, and love.<br>";

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DD_WeddingTrivia[i-1].body = "<ul><li>In Egypt, the bride's family traditionally does all the cooking for a week after the wedding, so the couple can relax.<br><li>In South Africa, the parents of both bride and groom traditionally carried fire from their hearths to light a new fire in the newlyweds' hearth.<br><li>The tradition of a wedding cake comes from ancient Rome, where revelers broke a loaf of bread over a bride's head for fertility's sake.<br><li>The custom of tiered cakes emerged from a game where the bride and groom attempted to kiss over an ever-higher cake without knocking it over. <br><li>Legend says single women will dream of their future husbands if they sleep with a slice of groom's cake under their pillows.<br><li>An old wives' tale: If the younger of two sisters marries first, the older sister must dance barefoot at the wedding or risk never landing a husband.";

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DD_WeddingTrivia[i-1].body = "<ul><li>In many cultures around the world -- including Celtic, Hindu and Egyptian weddings -- the hands of a bride and groom are literally tied together to demonstrate the couple's commitment to each other and their new bond as a married couple (giving us the popular phrase \"tying the knot\").<br><li>The Roman goddess Juno rules over marriage, the hearth, and childbirth, hence the popularity of June weddings.<br><li>Princess Victoria established the tradition of playing Wagner's \"Bridal Chorus\" during her wedding processional in 1858.<br><li>The bride stands to the groom's left during a Christian ceremony, because in bygone days the groom needed his right hand free to fight off other suitors.<br><li>Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve are the two busiest \"marriage\" days in Las Vegas.<br><li>The Catholic tradition of \"posting the banns\" to announce a marriage originated as a way to ensure the bride and groom were not related.<br><li>Stag parties were first held by ancient Spartan soldiers, who kissed their bachelor days goodbye with a raucous party.";

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